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23 I will heap evils upon them

And shoot them down with my arrows.

24 I will waste them with hunger,

Burning fever, and fatal disease.

I will devour them! I will set wild beasts upon them,

To rip them apart with their teeth;

And deadly serpents

Crawling in the dust.

25 Outside, the enemies’ sword—

Inside, the plague[a]

Shall terrorize young men and girls alike;

The baby nursing at the breast,

And aged men.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:25 the plague, implied.

23 “I will heap calamities(A) on them
    and spend my arrows(B) against them.
24 I will send wasting famine(C) against them,
    consuming pestilence(D) and deadly plague;(E)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,(F)
    the venom of vipers(G) that glide in the dust.(H)
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
    in their homes terror(I) will reign.(J)
The young men and young women will perish,
    the infants and those with gray hair.(K)

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